Posts from GovCon Daily for 08/07/2015

Pentagon Looks to Multifactor Verification, Biometrics for Net Security; Mark Testoni Comments

The Defense Department has started to implement multifactor authentication and biometrics as a new Pentagon-wide security approach in an effort to counter cyber attacks, C4ISR & Networks reported Wednesday…

GSA: 82% of Federal Cloud Deployments FedRAMP-Compliant

A new General Services Administration infographic shows 82 percent of more than 1,400 cloud deployments in the federal government comply with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, FierceGovernmentIT reported Thursday…

Nat’l Defense Magazine: DoD’s LPTA Contracts Up 10% Between FY 2009-13

The Defense Department’s increasing use of “lowest price-technically acceptable” procedures to buy information technology systems and services has raised some concerns among some IT defense contractors, National Defense reported Wednesday…

SAIC to Mentor RLM Communications Under Army Program; John Gully Comments

Science Applications International Corp. has signed a three-year agreement to advise RLM Communications on business development and proposal processing through the U.S. Army‘s mentor-protege program…

Deputy CNO Joseph Aucoin Eyes Lockheed, Raytheon Missiles for Anti-Surface Warfare Mission

The U.S. Navy‘s number-two uniformed officer eyes Lockheed Martin‘s Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile and Raytheon‘s Tomahawk cruise missile as possible options for the Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare program, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday…

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